Fig. 2: Association between ln-transformed α-klotho and CVD mortality in patients with depression.

A Model 1 for CVD mortality: non-adjusted; B Model 3 for CVD mortality: adjusted for age, gender, race, BMI, PIR, education, marital status, smoking status, alcohol, hypertension, diabetes, CVD, sleep disorder, self-reported cancer, self-reported liver diseases, CKD, antidepressant drug, year cycle, depressive symptom severity. The solid line and red area represent the estimated values and their corresponding 95% CIs. Abbreviations: PIR poverty income ratio, CVD cardiovascular disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval.